Without realizing it, many of us start our day by stretching before we even get out of bed. Involuntary stretching of your muscles is called pandiculation. It’s a behavior seen in most types of ...

The history of purposeful stretching can be traced back many centuries. Stretching was used by soldiers and competitors in the Greek and Roman empires, as well as in ancient yoga and martial arts ...

The joints in your body are enveloped by muscles that coordinate their movements. These muscle groups counterbalance each other and work together to complete a movement. The muscles on either side of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Adults with tight leg muscles can improve their flexibility, and may make their muscles stronger in the process, a study shows. Sign up here. Most physically active people ...

Background Lower limbs muscle flexibility remains a common assessment in sports therapy. Nevertheless no clear consensus exists about the methods for performing reliable measurements. Objective The ...

Cardiac muscle tissue, or myocardium, is a type of muscle tissue that forms the heart. It contracts and releases involuntarily and keeps the heart pumping blood around the body. The human body ...

Flexibility used to be a simple concept to understand: if you can do the splits or touch your hands behind your shoulder blades, you’re flexible. And if you’re not flexible, you have to do some ...